Make Your Business Venture an Astounding Success

Get Entrepreneurship, Small Business Masterclass, Critical Thinking, Supervising Others and Managing Human Resources in this Bundle!

1. Entrepreneurship : Make Your Business Venture an Astounding Success!

So, you want to break into entrepreneurship? Well, that’s great, but know that it is no easy feat. There are many steps you must take just to prepare yourself to embark on the journey, and once you have started your business, many more steps to maintain the business. This course is designed to give you the tools you need to start, run, and grow a business you can be proud of!

Would you to be your own boss? Have you ever dreamed of starting your own business? Don’t know what to do about your great business idea? If you have ever thought about these situations then you need our entrepreneurship course.

Let our Entrepreneurship Online Short Course help you achieve your dreams. Being an entrepreneur can be full of risks. These risks are minimized through drafting a business plan, knowing your competition, and successful marketing. All these and more can be found in our Entrepreneurship course.

By the end of this Entrepreneurship Online Short Course, you will be able to:

Understand how to start a business

Develop a business plan

Get financing for your business

Hire and train employees

Run your business

Grow your business

2. Small Business Masterclass: Learn Marketing & Branding strategies to Make Your Business Successful!

If you are struggling to keep your business afloat or you want to learn the real secrets to business success, you must invest in the Small business Masterclass, Online Course. You will learn strategies and techniques that you can implement quickly and easily that will dramatically increase your profitability and the value of your business.

In a little over 6 hours, you will master the skills required to Bullet Proof your business and create a gold mine for your family. Learn from leading businessmen including Gerry Harvey, David Koch, Ross Greenwood and more, the Skills required to Develop your Business to it's full potential.

If you own a small business today you either have a potential gold mine or a potential hazard for your family, what are you prepared to do to turn your business into a potential gold mine? Some businesses fail because they can’t manage money, but most businesses fail because they never learned how to manage their ideas.

With The Small Business Masterclass you will learn:

Strategies to get your business off the ground Quickly, so you are Making Money Sooner

How to get your image right so your customers are confident to deal with you and Keep Coming Back

How to make your customers Remember Your Business

What is happening with your sales, which customers are profitable and which customers are eating into your Profits

How to profile your customers to identify your Valuable Customers

How to merchandise to Increase Profitability

Learn how to develop a system that will let your business almost run itself, freeing up your time to put in place New Marketing Strategies

How systems increase Productivity and Profitability

How to sell features, advantages, and benefits of products to Increase Sales

How to communicate your unique selling position to your customers to constantly Beat Competitors

How to write hypnotic sales copy to Achieve Higher Conversions

How to market your products and services to Keep Business Growing

How to use the web to promote your business and create Awareness For Your Brand

7 key marketing strategies that are easy to follow and put into action for Long Term Growth

Critical Thinking provides you with the skills to analyze and evaluate information. With these skills you are able to obtain the greatest amount of knowledge from a piece of data. It provides the best chance of making the correct decision, and minimizes damages if a mistake does occur.

Our Critical Thinking course will lead you to be a more rational and disciplined thinker. It will reduce bias which will provide a greater understanding of the environment. This course will provide you with the skills to evaluate, identify, and distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information which will provide an incredible boost in performance.

By the end of this Critical Thinking Online Short Course, you will be able to:

Understand the components of critical thinking

Utilise non-linear thinking

Use logical thinking

Recognise what it means to be a critical thinker

Evaluate information using critical thinking skills

Identify the benefits of critical thinking

Revise perspective, when necessary

Comprehend problem solving abilities

4. Supervising Others: Effectively Manage Your Staff to get More out of Them

Supervising others can be a tough job. Between managing your own time and projects, helping your team members solve problems and complete tasks, and helping other supervisors, your day can fill up before you know it.

The Supervising Others course will help supervisors become more efficient and proficient, with information on delegating, managing time, setting goals and expectations (for themselves and others), providing feedback, resolving conflict, and administering discipline.

By the end of this Supervising Others Online Short Course, you will be able to:

Define requirements for required work.

Set the expectations for your staff.

Establish SMART goals for yourself.

Help your staff set SMART goals.

Learn to delegate appropriately.

Provide effective feedback to your staff.

Utilise effective time management techniques.

Perform effective conflict resolution.

Understand how to manage effectively in different situations.

Understand what a new supervisor needs to become an effective supervisor.

5. Managing Human Resources: Manage Human Resources In Your Workplace

The role of Human Resources is changing, as companies delegate more and more responsibility for their HR to line managers and supervisors. Other, usually larger companies however still have a dedicated HR department which deals with all the companies’ human recourses responsibilities.

Whichever type of company you work for, it is important that you understand how much human resources is really about the employees, as well as aspects of legislation, policy, and procedures that involve human resourcing issues.

Covering everything from the very fundamentals of human resources to complex topics such as Health & Safety or Workplace Discrimination, the Managing Human Resources online course has everything you need to excel in role that involves managing or supervising other employees.

By the end of this Managing Human Resources Online Course, you will be able to:

Describe different aspects of Human Resource Management

Define Human Resources Management terms

Recruit, interview, and retain employees

Follow up effectively new employees

Be an advocate for your employees’ health and safety

Provide articulate feedback to employees

Correctly manage situations requiring discipline and termination

Evaluate some of the strengths and opportunities for Human Resources in your own workplace

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The Ultimate Entrepreneurship & Small Business Learning 5 Course Bundle includes the following courses, below is a summary of each course:

Course 1 - Entrepreneurship

Module One: Getting Started

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Understand how to start a business

Develop a business plan

Get financing for your business

Hire and train employees

Run your business

Grow your business

Module Two: Decide on the Type of Business

Lesson One: Is It Feasible?

Lesson Two: What Are Your Interests?

Lesson Three: Do You Have the Experience?

Lesson Four: Are You an Expert?

Lesson Five: Case Study

Module Three: What Is the Market/Competition Like?

Lesson One: Is the Venture Lucrative?

Lesson Two: Is There Competition?

Lesson Three: How Can You Set Yourself Apart from the Competition?

Lesson Four: How Is the Customer Prospect?

Lesson Five: Case Study

Module Four: Basics of Starting a Business

Lesson One: Decide on a Name

Lesson Two: Legal Structure of the Business

Lesson Three: Register the Business

Lesson Four: Choose the Location

Lesson Five: Hire an Accountant

Lesson Six: Case Study

Module Five: Create a Business Plan

Lesson One: What Should Be Included in the Business Plan

Lesson Two: Gather Documentation

Lesson Three: Develop a Business Plan Outline

Lesson Four: Draft a Business Plan

Lesson Five: Case Study

Module Six: Get Financing

Lesson One: Contact Organizations for Guidance

Lesson Two: Decide the Type of Financing

Lesson Three: Shop Around

Lesson Four: What to Do Once Approved

Lesson Five: Case Study

Module Seven: Hire Employees

Lesson One: Develop Job Descriptions

Lesson Two: Advertise Positions

Lesson Three: Interview Candidates

Lesson Four: Select Candidates

Lesson Five: Case Study

Module Eight: Training Employees

Lesson One: Teach Company Culture

Lesson Two: Implement Actual Training for the Position

Lesson Three: Provide Feedback

Lesson Four: Offer Additional Training, If Necessary

Lesson Five: Case Study

Module Nine: Market the Business

Lesson One: Traditional Marketing

Lesson Two: Create a Website

Lesson Three: Social Media

Lesson Four: Networking Groups

Lesson Five: Case Study

Module Ten: Run the Business

Lesson One: Procurement

Lesson Two: Sell! Sell! Sell!

Lesson Three: How to Manage Cash Flow

Lesson Four: Budgeting

Lesson Five: Case Study

Module Eleven: Grow the Business

Lesson One: Offer More Products/ Services

Lesson Two: Open Another Location

Lesson Three: Franchise Opportunitites

Lesson Four: Scoring Large Contracts

Lesson Five: Case Study

Module Twelve: Wrapping Up

Course 2 - Small Business Masterclass

Module 1 Getting Your Image Right

In this module, we look at your total company image from customer perception to staff look and feel. We cover company colors, slogans, uniforms and more.

Learn how to change your image and your business image.

Learn how to make your customers remember your business.

Learn what colors suit your business and will attract your target customers.

Learn how to act like a winner and not like a loser.

Are you a possibility thinker or an impossibility thinker?

Does your logo or slogan sell your business?

Included in this module is an interview with John Ferguson, who is a small business owner of Eco-Signs. John has invented the new ecologically friendly and easy-to-use slimline light box signs and John talks about his six-year journey from starting his business in his garage to operating out of a factory and out growing it by dominating his market.

In this interview he covers topics such as:

Creating brand awareness

Start-up marketing

Growing your business and dealing with expansion

Patenting and trade marking

Also, included in this module is an interview with Gerry Harvey, who is the co-founder of the Harvey Norman retail chain in Australia and New Zealand. He talks candidly about his upbringing and his family experience of losing money and dealing with hardship and how this shaped his mindset to earn money.

He explains what keeps him motivated to stay at the top of what he does. He also talks about the need to be organized and have a balance between work, family, exercise and relaxation.

In this interview Gerry Harvey also covers topics such as:

The risk of losing money and the need to generate cash flow

Why you should follow your passion

Why your perseverance will determine your success

How to choose the right business for you

The importance of educating yourself to learn a variety of skills needed to be successful in business

Module 2 Know Your Business

In this module we look at what is happening with your sales. Which customers are profitable and which customers are simply eating into your profitability.

Learn how to focus on your customers, not your products.

Learn how to choose your ideal customer.

Learn how to price your products based on your ideal customers.

Learn which of the three pricing structures will suit your business.

Learn the four essential parts to making money in business.

Learn how to use risk management to guide your expansion.

Learn how to merchandise to increase profitability.

Included in this module is an interview with Ross Greenwood, who is the Finance Editor for the Nine Network in Australia and a small business owner himself. He discusses in detail the economic indicators that small business owners should be aware of and how these can affect your business.

He provides commentary on the best way to extend your line of credit when economic times are tough and you need more cash flow to sustain your business, without it adversely affecting your family and lifestyle. He also shares his thoughts on why nurturing relationships with your bank manager and accountant can help save your business from getting into trouble.

In this interview Ross Greenwood also covers topics such as:

How to run your business according to the market conditions

How to determine whether your business is merely a job or a sustainable business

How to turn the income from your business into an asset

The advantages of investing in commercial property over paying rent

How to avoid your business becoming a living nightmare

What skills you will need to learn if you have chosen to commercialize your interest, skill or hobby into a small business

Module 3 Systematize Your Business

In this module we will cover how to develop systems that will let your business almost run by itself, freeing up your time to put into place your new business strategies.

Learn techniques to give your business measurable consistency.

Learn systems that will allow you to duplicate or franchise your business.

Learn how systems will increase the value of your business to the potential buyer.

Learn the ten steps to systematizing your business.

Learn how systems will increase staff productivity.

Included in this module is an interview with Andrew Ricker, who is co-owner of The Aged Care Channel in Australia - a membership-driven organization that provides educational resources for training the staff of residential care homes via satellite. In this interview he covers topics such as:

Introducing best practice and continuous improvement programs to keep up to date with current demands

Building a business slowly on strong foundations rather than rushing expansion by over financing

The importance of having the right skill set within the staff of the business

The importance of keeping an eye on the core business

The importance of having well-documented procedures to enable duplication of your business

The importance of succession planning to enable expansion

Learning to use your past mistakes to guide you to future success

Also included in this module is an interview with Tim Sims, Managing Director of Pacific Equity Partners in Australia. He explains what private equity is and how it works. He gives commentary on the criteria used by private equity partners when looking at a business in which to invest.

In this interview Tim Sims covers topics such as:

The elements that make a good business

How to take profits to a higher level without reducing costs

How to create value in a business

How private equity partners can help to grow your business

Understanding the importance of having a sound business strategy

Module 4 Sales Team Training

We teach your staff to sell in a tough market. Your staff will be trained how to make business friendships with your main customers.

Learn how:

Staff members can contribute to the culture of your team

To train your staff on selling the features, advantages, and benefits of products

To communicate your unique selling position to your customers

To attract repeat customers

To decide between part-time or full-time sales staff

To match the personality of your sales staff to your products

To recapture lost sales

To develop business friendships

To use telemarketing successfully

To use testimonials to sell your products or services

Your business has the potential to lose customers

To manage the integrity and reputation of your business

Staff meetings can boost your sales team's performance

Included in this module is an interview with sales and marketing expert Tim Shaw, who is regarded as Australia's No.1 salesman. He talks about his years selling for Demtel on television and why customers buy the salesperson before they buy the product. He will help you to understand how to influence your customer to spend their money with you and not your competitors.In this interview Tim Shaw also covers topics such as:

What is quality customer service

How to brand your business

How to connect with your customer

How to use testimonials

Why you should continuously update your presence in the market place

How important the boss is to the business

How to leverage every sale you make

What portion of your sales

Module 5: Marketing your Business

We will look at how to write copy that sells. You will learn all the rules to copywriting that help a customer make a decision to buy from you.

Find your niche and dominate it.

Learn to blow your competition out of the water.

Learn what your unique selling position is.

Know the benefits of your products and how to market them.

Learn how to write an attention-grabbing headline.

Learn the ten biggest marketing mistakes businesses make.

Learn how to write hypnotic sales copy.

Learn how to grow your mailing list.

Learn when it is best to market.

Included in this module is an interview with copywriter David Said, who has thirty years experience in leading Australian and international ad agencies. He explains what is required to write good copy and sell by "remote control" as he calls it.

In this interview David Said also covers topics such as:

How to present your product

How to control your reader's eye

How to control your reader's pace

How to write different copy for different mediums

Also included in this module is an interview with John Hilton, who is an inventor and Managing Director of Spatial Freedom Australia. John has invented the products Space-ball™ and the Astroid™ spatial controller, which are used in 3D design engineering. His list of clients includes companies such as Boeing, Ford and General Motors.

In this interview John Hilton covers topics such as:

How to take your product to the marketplace

How to protect your idea or technology

How to package your products

Module 6: Website Ranking

There are unwritten rules to getting your website onto the first page of a search engine. We take you step-by-step through how to optimize your website and make it sell for you.Learn how:

To use the web to promote your business

To use ad words to laser guide your marketing on the web

Search engines work

Sponsored links work and their benefits

To get high natural ranking for free

The rules of search engine optimization are achieved

Your keywords can help get you to the top

To make your website relevant to the search term

To use testimonials to get more out of searches

To use links to get higher rankings

To use e-articles to link to your site

This module includes an interview with small business owner Gavin Tooley, owner of Click Business Cards, which are Australia's largest supplier of business cards. Click Business Cards transformed it's business from a run-of-the-mill printing business in 1996 to an internet-driven business with a global customer base.

In this interview Gavin Tooley covers topics such as:

The value of having testimonials on your website

Why you should make it easy for the customer to contact you and order from your website

Why it is important to give your customer simple options when ordering

Why a customer chooses an internet business instead of a face to face business

The best way to promote your business on the internet search engines

Module 7: Bullet Proof your Customers

In this module, we cover how to stop your opposition from stealing your customers. We show you how to set up a customer loyalty program. Your customer loyalty program will help your customers distinguish your business from others.

You will learn:

Why you should know your customer

Who your most loyal customers are

How to develop a system to identify your most valuable customers

How to put together a customer evaluation form

What customer rewards programs work

How to create a mystery shopper program

How often to contact your customer

How to identify when you are losing a customer

Why an interesting newsletter that will cement relationships with your customers

Eye-catching formats for your newsletters

How to use your newsletter as a sales tool

How to track the sales of your customers

How to alter staff behavior to increase your sales

How to use a competitor analysis to your advantage

Module 8: Print Advertising (including yellow pages)

In this module, we will take you through writing a Yellow Pages advert that works. We will discuss strategies to help you get more sales by splitting adverts to get the maximum benefit.

You will learn

What will appeal to your customers

How to make your advert stand out from your competitors

What the Yellow Pages sales team will not tell you

How to negotiate the best price for your advert

How to design your advert for your target customer

Which classification headings will generate more inquiries

What fonts to use for impact headlines and body copy

What graphics work best

What style of advert to avoid

How to tell your customers why they should call you

Why Yellow Pages advertising works

How to track and measure the success of your Yellow Pages advert

Module 9: 7 Key Marketing Strategies

In this module, we present seven key marketing strategies that are easy to follow and put into action.

We also cover setting business goals that are on purpose for your business.

Included in this module is an interview with David Koch, co-host of Australia's No.1 breakfast show, Sunrise. David is also well respected as a top investment and business commentator, presenting My Business Show on the Seven Network, plus A Minute on Your Business and A Minute on Your Money, which has aired on over 50 radio stations across Australia.

In this interview David Koch covers topics such as:

Effective communication for partners when dealing with finances.

Where to start seeking financial advice.

Why you should invest in income protection insurance.

Why it is important to have predetermined goals.

Tips of on how to balance your personal life with your business life.

Course 3 - Critical Thinking

Module One - Getting Started

Module Two - Components of Critical Thinking

Applying reason

Open Mindedness

Analysis

Logic

Module Three - Non-Linear Thinking

Step out of your comfort zone

Don't jump to conclusions

Expect and initiate change

Being ready to adapt

Module Four - Logical Thinking

Ask the right questions

Organise the data

Evaluate the information

Draw conclusions

Module Five - Critical Thinker (Part 1)

Active listening

Be curious

Be disciplined

Be humble

Module Six - Critical Thinking (Part 2)

Seeing the big picture

Objectivity

Using your emotions

Being self-aware

Module Seven - Evaluate the Information

Making assumptions

Watch out for the bias

Ask clarifying questions

SWOT analysis

Module Eight - Benefits of Critical Thinking

Being more persuasive

Better communication

Better problem solving

Increased emotional intelligence

Module Nine - Changing your Perspective

Limitations of your point of view

Considering others viewpoint

Influences on bias

When new information arrives

Module Ten - Problem Solving

Identify inconsistencies

Trust your instincts

Asking why?

Evaluate the solution(s)

Module Eleven - Putting it all Together

Retaining your new skills

Reflect and learn from mistakes

Always ask questions

Practicing critical thinking

Module Twelve - Wrapping Up

Course 4 - Supervising Others

Section One: Getting Started

Objectives

Section Two: Setting Expectations

Criteria for Success

Spotting Opportunities for Improvement

Setting Expectations Verbally

Documenting Expectations

Section Three: Setting Goals

Understanding Cascading Goals

Creating SMART Goals

Helping Others Set Goals

Section Four: Assigning/Delegating Work

General Principles

The Dictatorial Approach

The Apple-Picking Approach

The Collaborative Approach

Section Five: Three Degrees of Delegation

First Degree: Complete

Second Degree: Partial

Third Degree: Complete

Section Six: Implementing Delegation

When to Delegate

Who Should I Delegate to?

Providing Instructions

Monitoring the Results

Delegation Dilemmas

Section Seven: High Impact Feedback

Characteristics of Good Feedback

Tools for Delivering Feedback

Informal Feedback

Formal Feedback

Section Eight: Managing Your Time

The 80/20 Rule

Prioritising with the Urgent-Important Matrix

Using a Productivity Journal

Using a Productivity Journal

Section Nine: Resolving Conflict

Understanding the Effective Conflict Resolution Process

Maintaining Fairness

Examining Root Causes

Creating Mutual Gain Options and Multiple Option Solutions

Section Ten: Establishing Yourself

Dealing with Promotion from within a Team

Supervising a Brand New Team

Dealing with an Established Team

Section Eleven: Survival Tips for a New Supervisor

Ask the Right Questions

Go to Gemba

Keep Learning!

Section Twelve: Wrapping Up

Course 5 - Managing Human Resources

Section One: Getting Started

Objectives

Section Two: What is HR?

Human Resources in 2010?

Human Resource Influencers

Section Three: Recruiting and Interviewing

Interview for what exactly?

Setting the scene to Interview

Five Steps to a Successful Interview

Behaviourally Based Questions

Section Four: Induction and Retention

Start as you mean to go on

Induction/Orientation Checklist

Section Five: Keeping Track

The Follow Up

Follow Up Schedules

Scary Statistics

Section Six: Health & Safety in the Workplace

Why all the urgency?

Understanding the Industry Specific Rules of your Country

Training for HR Managers

Section Seven: Workplace Discrimination & Harassment

Definitions

Bullying in the Workplace

A Manager has Responsibilities

An Employer has Greater Responsibility

Section Eight: Wellness in the Workplace

The Business Benefits of Wellness in the Workplace

Steps to Implementing a Wellness Program

Section Nine: Feedback

Characteristics of Good Feedback

Constructive Criticism

Encouraging Growth and Development

Section Ten: Employee Discipline

The General Discipline Process

Progressive Discipline

How to Prepare & Conduct Disciplinary Meetings

Following Up

Section Eleven: The Dreaded D Word

Making the Decision

What to Say When Terminating an Employee

Section Twelve: Wrapping Up

Entry requirements

Students must have basic literacy and numeracy skills.

Minimum education

Open entry. Previous schooling and academic achievements are not required for entry into this course.

Computer requirements

Students will need access to a computer and the internet.

Minimum specifications for the computer are:

Windows:

Microsoft Windows XP, or later

Modern and up to date Browser (Internet Explorer 8 or later, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)

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10 August 2018 12:36:28 AM

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Amanda Watts

15 July 2018 09:45:31 PM

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27 June 2018 06:38:44 AM

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26 June 2018 03:53:02 AM

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